VAN HART v. deGRAFFENRIED

79-33, 79-46.

388 So.2d 1196 (1980)

H. Van HART and Clarence W. Brown v. Ryan deGRAFFENRIED, Jr., et al. Howard T. PLOTT v. Annie Laurie GUNTER as Treasurer of the State of Alabama, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied September 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Gray of Tucker, Gray & Espy, Tuscaloosa, for appellants Hart and Brown.

David M. Tanner, Birmingham, for appellant Howard T. Plott.

Oakley Melton, Jr., of Melton & Espy, Montgomery, for appellees McDowell Lee and John Pemberton.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., Lee L. Hale, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Carol Jean Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.


MADDOX, Justice.

The Alabama Legislature, by a joint resolution adopted at an organizational session, increased the per diem and monthly expense allowances for legislators.

These two cases1 present the issue of the constitutionality of that resolution (Senate Joint Resolution 13) which was adopted at the 1979 Organizational Session, increasing by $15 and $100, respectively, the per diem and monthly expense allowances for legislators...

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